Who Should I Trade?

Max Fried for Zack Kelly (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Max Fried SP - NYY	Zack Kelly SP,RP - BOS
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 36	‐
VBR	# 155	# 858

Projections

Strikeouts	57	11
Wins	5	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.42	4.52
WHIP	1.24	1.50

Misc

Injury Alert	IL15	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 53	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 43	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 26	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 36	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 37	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 17	# 482

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Max Fried SP - NYY	Zack Kelly SP,RP - BOS
2026 Stats


Games Played	10	17

Games Started	10	0

Innings Pitched	61.2	16.1

Wins	4	0

Losses	3	2

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	1

Holds	0	3

Hits Allowed	43	14

Earned Runs	22	6

Home Runs Allowed	1	1

Strikeouts	50	14

Walks	19	7

ERA	3.21	3.31

WHIP	1.01	1.29

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Max Fried SP - NYY	Zack Kelly SP,RP - BOS
2026 Projections


Games Played	10	14

Games Started	10	0

Innings Pitched	61.9	12.3

Wins	5	1

Losses	3	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	1

Hits Allowed	55	12

Earned Runs	24	6

Home Runs Allowed	6	1

Strikeouts	57	11

Walks	19	6

ERA	3.42	4.52

WHIP	1.24	1.50

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Max Fried SP - NYY	Zack Kelly SP,RP - BOS
News
	Yankees manager Aaron Boone said Max Fried will make his next rehab start on Thursday or Friday. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 19th	The Red Sox officially optioned Zack Kelly to Triple-A. Ari Koslow Fri, May 22nd
	Yankees left-hander Max Fried (elbow) could re-join the club's rotation after just two rehab starts. Brenton Kemp Fri, Jul 17th	The Red Sox optioned Zack Kelly to Triple-A Worcester. Ari Koslow Thu, May 21st
	Max Fried will begin a rehab assignment with Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre on Friday. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 17th	Zack Kelly has been called up from Triple-A. Vince DiSilvio Fri, Apr 3rd
	Max Fried could begin a rehab assignment as early as Friday. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 12th	The Red Sox optioned RHP Zack Kelly to Triple-A Worcester. Ari Koslow Mon, Mar 23rd
	Yankees manager Aaron Boone said Max Fried will throw live batting practice on Saturday. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 7th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Max Fried SP - NYY			Zack Kelly SP,RP - BOS
Wed, Mar 25th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#159
Mon, Mar 30th	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#189
Tue, Mar 31st	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#8	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#21
Wed, Apr 1st	@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#50	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#51
Sat, Apr 4th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#301
Sun, Apr 5th	vs MIA	Pete Fairbanks		vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180
Tue, Apr 7th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#300	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6
Wed, Apr 8th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#184	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#93
Thu, Apr 9th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#183
Fri, Apr 10th	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#197	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Sat, Apr 11th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130
Sun, Apr 12th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137
Mon, Apr 13th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#142	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#95
Tue, Apr 14th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)	#259
Wed, Apr 15th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#378
Thu, Apr 16th	vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#221
Fri, Apr 17th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#72	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Sat, Apr 18th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#77	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Sun, Apr 19th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29
Tue, Apr 21st	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#310
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#28
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#19
Fri, Apr 24th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#189	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134
Sat, Apr 25th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78
Sun, Apr 26th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40
Mon, Apr 27th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#114	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10
Tue, Apr 28th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#84
Wed, Apr 29th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#362
Fri, May 1st	vs BAL	Cade Povich (1-1)	#236	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181
Sat, May 2nd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138
Sun, May 3rd	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#306	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#329
Mon, May 4th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70	@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#140
Tue, May 5th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29
Wed, May 6th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Thu, May 7th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37	vs TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#57
Fri, May 8th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6	vs TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#356
Sat, May 9th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#58
Sun, May 10th	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#56	vs TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88
Mon, May 11th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134
Tue, May 12th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5
Wed, May 13th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#265
Fri, May 15th	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#111	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#205
Sat, May 16th	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#203	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#124
Sun, May 17th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#148
Mon, May 18th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#224	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122
Tue, May 19th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10	@ KC	Bailey Falter (0-2)
Wed, May 20th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#84	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#72
Thu, May 21st	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#165
Fri, May 22nd	vs TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#128
Sun, May 24th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#95
Mon, May 25th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#72
Tue, May 26th	@ KC	Bailey Falter (0-2)		vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#205
Wed, May 27th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#77	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#124
Fri, May 29th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#184	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112
Sat, May 30th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41
Sun, May 31st	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#204	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#83	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#201
Thu, Jun 4th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78
Fri, Jun 5th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#32	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46
Sun, Jun 7th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#19
Mon, Jun 8th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#75
Tue, Jun 9th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112	@ TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88
Wed, Jun 10th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20
Fri, Jun 12th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#84	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#114
Sat, Jun 13th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9
Sun, Jun 14th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#224	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17
Tue, Jun 16th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10
Wed, Jun 17th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#171	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#165
Thu, Jun 18th	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-2)	#163	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#84
Fri, Jun 19th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#210	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#34
Sat, Jun 20th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92
Sun, Jun 21st	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#8
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#438
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#435
Wed, Jun 24th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#278
Thu, Jun 25th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#19
Fri, Jun 26th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67
Sat, Jun 27th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#104	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#27
Sun, Jun 28th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#32	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#98
Mon, Jun 29th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#313
Tue, Jun 30th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68
Wed, Jul 1st	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#106	vs WSH	Brad Lord (5-2)	#212
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-2)	#253	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36
Sat, Jul 4th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#109	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#432
Sun, Jul 5th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#170
Mon, Jul 6th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#57
Tue, Jul 7th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#75	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#216
Wed, Jul 8th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100
Thu, Jul 9th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#171
Fri, Jul 10th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#286	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Sat, Jul 11th	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#295	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Sun, Jul 12th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68	@ NYM	Zach Thornton (0-1)	#242
Fri, Jul 17th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#146
Sun, Jul 19th	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#217	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33
Mon, Jul 20th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Tue, Jul 21st	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#129	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-2)	#81
Fri, Jul 24th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#84
Sat, Jul 25th	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#305	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10
Sun, Jul 26th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23
Mon, Jul 27th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#216	@ ATH
Tue, Jul 28th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#171	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#99
Wed, Jul 29th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156
Thu, Jul 30th	@ CWS			@ ATH
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CHC			@ LAD
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CHC			@ LAD
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CHC			@ LAD
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs STL
Tue, Aug 4th	vs STL			vs CWS
Wed, Aug 5th	vs STL			vs CWS
Fri, Aug 7th	vs ATL			vs ATH
Sat, Aug 8th	vs ATL			vs ATH
Sun, Aug 9th	vs ATL			vs ATH
Tue, Aug 11th	vs SEA			@ TOR
Wed, Aug 12th	vs SEA			@ TOR
Thu, Aug 13th	vs SEA			@ TOR
Fri, Aug 14th	@ TOR			@ PIT
Sat, Aug 15th	@ TOR			@ PIT
Sun, Aug 16th	@ TOR			@ PIT
Tue, Aug 18th	@ BAL			vs ARI
Wed, Aug 19th	@ BAL			vs ARI
Thu, Aug 20th	@ BAL
Fri, Aug 21st	vs TOR			vs SF
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs TOR			vs SF
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs TOR			vs SF
Tue, Aug 25th	vs HOU			@ MIA
Wed, Aug 26th	vs HOU			@ MIA
Thu, Aug 27th	vs HOU
Fri, Aug 28th	vs BOS			@ NYY
Sat, Aug 29th	vs BOS			@ NYY
Sun, Aug 30th	vs BOS			@ NYY
Mon, Aug 31st	@ LAA			vs SEA
Tue, Sep 1st	@ LAA			vs SEA
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ LAA			vs SEA
Fri, Sep 4th	@ SD			@ BAL
Sat, Sep 5th	@ SD			@ BAL
Sun, Sep 6th	@ SD			@ BAL
Tue, Sep 8th	vs COL			vs LAA
Wed, Sep 9th	vs COL			vs LAA
Thu, Sep 10th	vs COL
Fri, Sep 11th	vs NYM			vs KC
Sat, Sep 12th	vs NYM			vs KC
Sun, Sep 13th	vs NYM			vs KC
Mon, Sep 14th	@ MIN
Tue, Sep 15th	@ MIN			@ TEX
Wed, Sep 16th	@ MIN			@ TEX
Fri, Sep 18th	@ ARI			@ TB
Sat, Sep 19th	@ ARI			@ TB
Sun, Sep 20th	@ ARI			@ TB
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs TB			vs CLE
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs TB			vs CLE
Thu, Sep 24th	vs TB			vs CLE
Fri, Sep 25th	vs BAL			vs CHC
Sat, Sep 26th	vs BAL			vs CHC
Sun, Sep 27th	vs BAL			vs CHC
Thu, Mar 26th				@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90
Sun, Mar 29th				@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#210
Mon, Apr 6th				vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)	#160
Mon, Apr 20th				vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Thu, May 14th				vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11
Sat, May 23rd				vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Thu, May 28th				vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7
Sat, Jul 18th				vs TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#75
Thu, Aug 6th				vs CWS
Mon, Aug 10th				@ TOR
Mon, Aug 17th				vs ARI
Mon, Aug 24th				@ MIA
Thu, Sep 3rd				@ BAL
Mon, Sep 7th				vs LAA
Thu, Sep 17th				@ TEX

Who Should I Trade?

Max Fried for Zack Kelly (2026)

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